Peruvian rebar sales in May reached 131,493 mt, according to data released by the country’s statistics agency, INEI.
INEI’s data indicated local rebar sales in May rose 31.4 percent, year-on-year, from 100,013 in May 2016. On the month-on-month analysis, Peruvian rebar sales improved nearly 40 percent, month-on-month, from 94,287 mt in April.
Peruvian rebar sales in the accumulated period of January to May totaled 556,789 mt, 28 percent up, year-on-year.